Another night of remembering musical greats, from the funk pioneer Bernie Worrell, who died today at 72 of lung cancer, to bluegrass giant Ralph Stanley, who died yesterday at 89.
Then there was music of people who are coming to town, from Paul Simon to Bonnie “Prince” Billy to Beres Hammond — and three acts who played in the region tonight: Dr. John, Weezer and Pere Ubu. Closed out with some new Jayhawks.
Here’s what I played on the radio tonight.
Friday Night Rock, 6-24-2016, 10:30 p.m. – 1 a.m., Radio CPR, 101.7 FM, Washington, D.C.
- “Aquaboogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop),” Parliament
- “Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker),” Parliament
- “One Nation Under a Groove,” Funkadelic
- “Slippery People,” Talking Heads (live)
- “Burning Down the House,” Talking Heads (live)
- “Life During Wartime,” Talking Heads (live)
- “Going’ Up Home to Live in Green Pastures,” Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys
- “Old Richmond Prison,” Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys
- “Little Birdie,” Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys
- “The Window Up Above,” Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys with George Jones
- “I Just Got Wise,” Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys with Dwight Yoakum
- “Gold Watch and Chain,” Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys with Gillian Welch
- “Pretty Little Miss in the Garden,” Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys with Alison Krauss
- “Stone Walls and Steel Bars,” Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys with Junior Brown
- “The Lonesome River,” Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys with Bob Dylan
- “O Death,” Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys
- “Night Game,” Paul Simon
- “Mother and Child Reunion,” Paul Simon
- “Peace Like a River,” Paul Simon
- “Another Galaxy,” Paul Simon
- “Father & Daughter,” Paul Simon
- “Rewrite,” Paul Simon
- “So Beautiful or So What,” Paul Simon
- “New Partner,” Bonnie “Prince” Billy
- “Right Place, Wrong Time,” Dr. John
- “Iko Iko,” Dr. John
- “Such a Night,” Dr. John
- “Say It Ain’t So,” Weezer
- “Island in the Sun,” Weezer
- “Beverly Hills,” Weezer
- “Non-Alignment Pact,” Pere Ubu
- “Dub Housing,” Pere Ubu
- “Louisiana Train Wreck,” Pere Ubu
- “Drive,” Pere Ubu
- “They Gonna Talk,” Beres Hammond
- “Quiet Corners & Empty Spaces,” The Jayhawks
- “Lovers of the Sun,” The Jayhawks
Friday Night Rock returns July 1 on Radio CPR, 101.7 FM in Washington D.C., or online at www.tinyurl.com/radiocpr